Cyberstalking: harassment in the information age.

A research study's key notion or ideas are summarized in the title. An excellent title uses the

fewest words possible to adequately summarize your research paper's contents and/or goal. The

title is usually the first part of the research that is read, and it is read the most. It is therefore

imperative to select a title that grabs the reader’s attention. The final title you submit is usually

generated after the study is completed to ensure that the title appropriately reflects what was

done. The working title should be created early in the research process because, like the research

challenge, it can help to anchor the study's focus. If you find yourself going off on a tangent

while writing, referring to the working title can help you reorient yourself back to the study's

core aim.

Traditional stalking is a significant public health concern that involves a set of behaviors in

which one party intrudes on or harasses another, causing distress as a result of the unwanted

pursuit(McEwan, MacKenzie, Mullen, & James, 2012. According to (Merriam-Webster n.d)

cyberstalking is the use of an electronic medium to harass or threaten another person with

physical harm. Access to the Internet has changed the way people communicate in today's world,

and these electronic tools give criminals new opportunities to track down their targets. In

comparison to other phenomena linked to the dark side of the Internet and social media,

academic understanding of cyberstalking is still in its infancy. To some extent, the measured

growth of cyberstalking research can be linked to a lack of agreement on how to operationalize

and conceptualize cyberstalking as a unique phenomenon (Dhillon and Smith, 2019; Fissel,

2018; Nobles et al., 2014; Spitzberg, 2017). This topic is further complicated by a lack of

understanding about the many sorts of cyberstalking. Only a few studies have attempted to

categorize the many types of cyberstalking that a person may perpetrate or experience. Due to
the scholarly debate about the definition and forms of cyberstalking, there is a scarcity of

conclusive data on its prevalence among the general public.

Based on the information presented above, the research title “Cyberstalking: harassment

in the information age” somewhat meets the criteria outlined as what would be deemed as an

acceptable research title. The title could have been more creatively conceptualized in order to

grab the reader’s attention it is however concise and states its intended purpose adequately.

References

Organizing Academic Research Papers: Choosing a Title. Research Guides. (n.d.).

https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185911.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-017-3697-x

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Cyberstalking Legal Definition. Merriam-Webster.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/cyberstalking.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14789949.2012.679008